Beed man accused of hunting deer gets threat in name of Lawrence Bishnoi; cops begin probe
Mumbai/Thane, Mar 9 (PTI): Police in Beed district have begun a probe after local BJP functionary Satish Bhosale was issued a threat in the name of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi from a social media account, which an official on Sunday said may be fake.
Bhosale, also known as 'Khokya', is accused of hunting deer and the threat issued from the Facebook account was in this connection, the official added.
The account holder, while invoking the name of Lawrence Bishnoi, has sought the arrest of Bhosale for hunting deer.
"Deer is our God. Khokya does not deserve forgiveness," the message said.
"The Facebook account may be fake. We have written to the social media firm to provide details about it. No FIR has been lodged so far," the Beed police station official added.
Incidentally, the forest department is probing allegations of Bhosale being a poacher, and has conducted searches in several places in Shirur taluka.
Meanwhile, speaking at an event in Navi Mumbai on Saturday, Maharashtra forest minister Ganesh Naik said the allegations of deer poaching and trade in its meat in Beed will be probed thoroughly.
The minister said he had learnt about the allegations from the media and had directed forest department officials to conduct an inquiry.
"The guilty will not be spared," Naik told reporters.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
